Then There's This: Consumer Alert

There's a glimmer of hope that we won't go broke paying for electricity

"...rate hike request that has drawn widespread rebuke from consumer and environmental activists and church representatives. The Morrison-Tovo-Martinez plan,..."

Feb. 17, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Consumer Advocate Needed

"...some of your criticism of the need for a consumer advocate as part of the process to protect small..."

June 21, 2012 Postmarks

Hosting a Wine Tasting: A Guide for the Confused Consumer

"..."shelf talker" label flapping mysteriously in the wind of wine-consumer flurry. "Herbal black currant and mint aromas with lush..."

April 30, 1999 Food Feature

Then There's This: Consumer Report

What apartment tenants should know before they sign a lease

"...rates set to increase this year, local housing and consumer advocates fear that Austin Energy has already taken too..."

June 8, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

A Well-Seasoned Consumer’s Guide to Marijuana Edibles

De-stress with Winnie the Pooh and cannabis

"...offers a dosage chart (it's 15-30mg doses for "well-seasoned consumers") but makes clear that "unique internal physiologic environments" definitely..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Alice B. Toker

Consumer Reportzzzzz...

Aug. 3, 2007 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

The Common Law

My friends have told me that I should use credit cards instead of cash because they offer more protection for consumers. Are they right?

"...instead of cash because they offer more protection for consumers. Are they right?..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Column by Luke Ellis

Why Is Austin Such a Promised Land for Food Entrepreneurs?

The land of milk and honey and consumer packaged goods

"...gushing venture capital streams that are driving the local consumer packaged goods industry, explains Leigh Christie, senior vice president..."

March 8, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

Office Killer

"...Kane plays Dorine Douglas, a copy editor at Constant Consumer magazine. She's the kind of longtime employee who so..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ermo

"...universal and timeless struggle of the individual in a consumer society. Living next door to Blindman (Liu Peiqi) and..."

July 28, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Country Music’s Digital Divide

Assessing the CMA Consumer Research Study

"...the Country Music Association released the findings of their Consumer Research Study, estimated by CMT president Brian Phillips as..."

March 13, 2009 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Naturally Nader

Consumer Advocate Mounts Green Party Presidential Campaign

"...Despite his long history in politics and consumer issues, major media outlets are giving more attention to..."

April 7, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Common Law

Avoid new consumer scams and identity theft tactics

"...With so many people getting taken advantage of by consumer scam artists and identity thieves, it feels like identity..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Column by Luke Ellis

The Common Law

Can I cancel an order and get my money back because the item is taking so long to get here?

"...the company has violated the laws addressing mail-order sales (www.ftc.gov/ftc/consumer.htm). You can also contact the Consumer Protection Division of..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Column by Luke Ellis

Then There's This: AE: The Plot Thickens

City manager and consumer advocates finally agree on something

"...of reasons. Ott's position is in rare alignment with consumer advocates, who last week urged Council not to head..."

Dec. 14, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

The Revised On-Site Brewery 'Sales' Bill

Bill would allow beer as part of brewery tour, but not true sales

"...specifically disallowing the sale of "ale to an ultimate consumer."..."

May 6, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Bratz

Bring some bratitude and a passion for fashion, and you'll be almost as giddy as a 10-year-old girl.

"...inner voice free, it also supports the coolness of consumer culture and material worth. Still, there’s a filmmaking spark..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

An Unreasonable Man

This documentary is a far cry from the dry polemics one might expect from a survey of Ralph Nader's career as a consumer activist and political candidate.

"...Ono. Nader, the greatest and most idealistic champion of consumer rights in the nation's history, may more likely be..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One Night With the King

Despite a title that makes it sound like a tell-all about a one-night-stand with Elvis Presley, this movie is actually about the Jewish heroine, Queen Esther.

"...intrigues and plots that could have been rendered more consumer-friendly. Despite the possibilities of the first reteaming, Sharif and..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Who Killed the Electric Car?

This multifaceted documentary about the history of GM's electric car seeks the culprit responsible for its demise and finds plenty of blame to go around.

"...car that required no gasoline or motor oil. Despite consumer happiness with the vehicle, the entire fleet of EV1s..."

July 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

The story is similar to the popular original – but its Borscht Belt setting has been relocated to pre-revolutionary Cuba in 1958.

"...girl’s initiation into sexual awareness rendered onscreen by a consumer-safe transmutation into sexy dancing. Here again, I wouldn’t put..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Common Law

I used cash to buy electronics equipment from the Austin store of a nationwide electronics company. I want to get my money back but am not sure what my options are.

"...be a bit less formal, which often results in consumers representing themselves...."

Dec. 19, 2003 Column by Luke Ellis

Pitch People

"...rapidly vanishing art form -- that of separating the consumer from his money while entertaining him at the same..."

May 18, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fight Club

There's no middle ground in Fight Club: Either you go with its berserker ethos or go nuts.

"...on a plane. Beaten down and adrift in American consumer culture (though, it should be noted, Fincher never tells..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Truman Show

Life is a 'round-the-clock “reality” TV program in this prescient film, and Truman Burbank (Carrey) is its unwitting subject/hero/leading man.

"...a compendium of trenchant and funny observations about modern consumer culture, the homogeneity of a world united by its..."

June 5, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

JLG by JLG

"...through this rudimentary story line offers a commentary on consumer society and our tendency to make square pegs fit..."

June 16, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The New Age

"...yet there is something appealing in their misguided and consumer-driven search for the higher meaning. Tolkin's script may not..."

Dec. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Notebook On Cities and Clothes

"...and the meditations of two thoughtful craftsmen of popular consumer goods...."

May 8, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

"...fact that book after book addresses the child as consumer and the values they inculcate are those of the..."

June 7, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Austin Energy Still Hasn't Fixed Problems With Utility Bill Discounts on Expensive Homes

Consumer advocate requests audit of AE's Customer Assistance Program

"...Last Thursday, Paul Robbins, a longtime local consumer advocate and environmental activist, filed a complaint with the..."

Jan. 29, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

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